This is a very hard subject to give a easy answer to. I have been using digital cameras since 1995 and my experience is as follows:
If you have a place where you have good light coverage, you can take nice pictures with a decent
point and shoot pocket camera. In this respect I have had several Canons and Nikons but the best one
has for me been the Canon powershot Axxx series and the G series. Nikon can work out but they have
still not understood that when you supply a flash on a camera, it better expose correctly. This is something
I have never had any problems with on the Canons. Even my $3100 (when launched) Nikon D100 could not expose
correct using a flash, which makes me really curious on how the new Nikon D300 would perform.
When you look at DSLR you should remember that buying a OK body (Like a Canon EOS 5D)
you really just half way. Saving out on a cheap lens do really not give you to much advantage compared
to some of the pocket ones (like the G9). A good camera body requires a good lens, so one thing
leads to the other.
This is my subjective experience and discussing Canon VS Nikon is like any other argument; people
have different tastes but sometimes these discussions end up in almost religious arguments where they
take it out on each other.
A objective evaluation of different cameras is fount here ;
www.dpreview.com where you can read
until you?re tears start falling from you?re eyes ;-) Really thorough tests and at the end you can see
exposures with flash and comparison of other cameras in the same "class". Make a note of the details
on some of the super closeups of the label of a Beileys bottle. Colors and details in the trees is something I?m checking.
Happy hunting.
N
